JUDGMENT :

Order on C.M. Application No. 02 of 2022

(Application for Condonation of Delay)

1. Heard learned State counsel representing the appellant- State authorities, Sri Pradeep Chandola and Sri Abhishek Dwivedi, learned counsel representing the respondent no.1- petitioner and Sri Anurag Kumar Singh, learned counsel representing the Vice-Chancellor, Lucknow University, Lucknow.

2. Having heard the learned counsel for the parties and perused the averments made in the application seeking condonation of delay, we are satisfied that the delay has sufficiently been explained.

3. Accordingly the application is allowed and the delay in preferring the special appeal is hereby condoned.

Order on Special Appeal

1. Heard the learned counsel representing the respective parties and perused the record available before us on this special appeal.

2. By means of this intra-court appeal instituted under the provisions of Chapter VIII Rule V of the Rules of the Court, the State authorities have laid a challenge to the judgment and order dated 14.12.2020 passed by the learned Single Judge in Writ Petition No. 24316 (SS) of 2020, whereby the writ petition filed by the respondent no.1- petitioner was allowed